The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-28
I1nouan THE STATE.
Accidents. and Incidents in West virginia

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Accidents. and Incidents, in West virginia
and Vicinity.
The American Hotol at Charleston was
partially destroyed by FIRE Saturday night.
$1,000.
Twenty thousand pounds oiturkeya and
chickens were Bhipped from Fairmont
Tuesday night to supply the tables OIL
Eastern th~ankegivers.
Judge John J. Jsckaon, Of the U. s..
Diatrict Court, 10 being urged by the
Democratic papers OF this State to become
d candidate for the Vice. Presidency.
Mr.. Churles r. Durbin, late chief book.
keeper In the Firnt National Bank OF Graf.
ton, his boon elected 10 tho p~osstion oil
cGshier OF the Farme,s' Bank OF Fairmont.
Charlerton has adopted an ordinance
making tho purchaser Of s%pirituoue liquors
on Sunday equally guilty with the man
who polls II, and liable to the same pun
lshment.
II 10 said that tho foundry and machine
shops OF Mr.. John Fitz, at Marlincburg,
will bs sold to q Byndlcato OF New York
and Philadelphia capitaiie.o, who will 90
Into the manufacturing business on q largo
scale.
MIR. Henry Zimmerman, q c.tizon Of
Faye:te county, reoldlng near Bec.s' Post.
office, waa found dead in his barn ysrd on
November II, ehos through tho head.
Narrowing dolnestic troubles. 1t Ia beliey-
cd, produced temporary alteration Of
mind and lead him to commit suiclde.
Mr.. Martin, Of Ton Mile, Mason county,
tolls oil two grent cnriositiea in hiH neigh
borhood. Mr.. Carlysle Becktel, no oaya,
| has a, chicken abon. the sizs OF q large
pheasant, without the sign Of q feather
upon 1t. Mr.. Dabney also has q chicken
| which has four feet, and sometimes walks
upon all OF them.
Oscar A.. VeRzey, OF Charleaton, has
been employed 90 Chief Engineer Of the
Baltimore, Grafton & Charleston railroad,
| tho proposed extension Of the G. d G.
railroad. Col. Veszsy Is the finest engi.
neer iu the KauawhG Valley, aud served
with credit aa State Inspector o!coal miaee
under Ex-Governor Jackson. The elrong
indications aie that this limo OF road will
ba extended in the near Naturalization
Sentinel.
at q recent nesting OF the Govsrno r's
Guards, OF Charleston, tho name Of the
company was changed 10 Kannwha Rifle
men. The flag won by the old Kanawha
Riilsmen company in the competitive
drill OF Huntington como eight or ton
years ago, under the command OF Captain
@. P. Snyder, will be presented to the new
company by tho cspsaiu Of the old com.
pRny organization.
At the regular meeting OF Sherman In
vincibloa Of Martinsburg, held on Friday
night, Hon. W. II. Fl. Flick, G. NJ. Bow
ers, George W. Feidt, O. A. Miller and
Charles Quinzol we're elected IS delegates
to tbs National Convention Of Republican,
Clubs to be held in Chickering Hall, New
70 k, on the 10Th, 18th and 18th OF Do
cemhe1. mr. g. a. Miller was elected
President to I'LL the %unexpirea term Of U.
s. Grant Pitzsr, resigned.
The bell on the Catholic church at
Berkeley Springs has bsen taken down to
be replaced by a larger L There is an
interesting history connected with this
bell. Rumot has it that 1t has passed
through q Rhipwreck and R fire. The bell
bears the inscription: "Flit Par. Jean
Bazin, Anantes l776." For many yesrs
tho bell wss used on tho Catholic church
IN MartinG5urg, and after the late Sar
WAC taken 10 Berkeley SpringR, where it
has been in services ever SINGS.
The commisciora appointed by the Cir
cult Courts Of Hampshire and HAr$f
counties, respectively, 10 determine tho
dividing line between the two counties
from the eastern base Of the Big Mou usain
to the Frederick county, Va, line, have
entered upon their duties, bu. have 80 far
been unable to sSreo upon an umpire.
Tho Hampshire commission is com noaed
Of Mesers. Il. Il. Williams, G. n. Hie.t
and Col. Alex Monroe; while Hardy is
represented by MeGsrs. John Fisher, Z.
W. McKeaver and Captain Chiplsy.
Ex-Judgo Joseph Smith died q. Ripley,
Jackson Coun.y,last week. Flo was n
Of the most prominent citizens oil the
State. He was born on Short Greek, Jef.
ferson county, Ohio, on tbs ID OF October,
1916, and waE therefore II on his last birth
day. He studied Law at Steuhenvilie and
after practicing there a abort time renov-
ed to Wheeling, WHENCE he went to Rip.
ley in 1871. He was ior many years proao.
cutting attorney and enjoyed the conf
dence Of the people o. an honest and able
lawyer to a desreo seldom attained. He
was q member OF the Virginia Oonstitu-
tionsl Convention in 1867. At the OPEN
ing OF the late wal he removed to Wytho..
villo, Va, where he enjoyed IA imnenee
law practice until his return here il 1867.
In 1872 he was elected Judge Of the Cir
cult Court, WHICH position he held for s
years. After the expiration OF his term,
he took g very prominent part in a few
important caaea and then retired from the
practice Of tho lew.